With his trademark blend of political history, social science, economics, and pop culture, two-time NYT bestselling author, syndicated columnist, National Review senior editor, and American Enterprise Institute fellow Jonah Goldberg...
Politics and government
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Author:Grossman, Ibolya Szalai, Réti, AndySummary:In the fall of 1941, as the situation for Jews worsens across Europe, Ibolya (Ibi) Grossman learns she is pregnant. She is scared and confused – a baby during wartime? But her husband, Zolti, assures her, “We need this baby, you will...
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Author:Morton, F. L. (Frederick Lee)Summary:Politician and political scientist Ted Morton shares an insider's view of Alberta Politics in this illuminating autobiography. Ted Morton has spent a lifetime in Alberta politics. Elected as a Reform Party senator-in-waiting in the 1998...
- Author:Kordan, Bohdan S.Summary:
Since the end of the Soviet Union, Canada has played a leading role in the international response to Ukraine and to the challenges associated with its transition to independence. As Conservative and Liberal governments alike have sought...
- Author:Barlow, MaudeSummary:
"... required reading for Canadians who want to understand the social disasters of the last decade". -- Sun (Vancouver) "... will have many Canadians gnashing their teeth in anger and humiliation -- make sure you have a good dental plan...
- Author:St. Amand, Isabelle, Stewart, S.E., David Cree, Katsitsén:hawe LindaSummary:
In the summer of 1990, the Oka Crisis—or the Kanehsatake Resistance—exposed a rupture in the relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples in Canada. In the wake of the failure of the Meech Lake Accord, the conflict made...
- Author:Laplante, LaurentSummary:
Non seulement le poids du Québec a cessé d’être digne de calcul dans l’ensemble canadien, mais les orientations dictées aujourd’hui par le pouvoir central du Canada vident le Québec des valeurs et des principes qui l’ont inspiré et...
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Author:Hsu, Jennifer Y.J.Summary:Non-governmental organizations have increased dramatically in China since the 1970s, despite operating in a restrictive authoritarian environment. With labour migrants moving to the cities en masse in search of higher wages and better...
- Author:Kotkin, StephenSummary:
Pulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin continues his definitive biography of Stalin, from collectivization and the Great Terror through to the coming of the conflict with Hitler's Germany that is the signal event of modern world history...
- Author:Abouzeid, RaniaSummary:
An extraordinary true account of the enormous tragedy of the Syrian civil conflict. Since the revolution-turned-civil war in Syria began in 2011, over 500,000 civilians have been killed and more than 12 million Syrians have been...
- Author:Kapuściński, RyszardSummary:
In Shah of Shahs Kapuscinski brings a mythographer's perspective and a novelist's virtuosity to bear on the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, one of the most infamous of the United States' client-dictators, who resolved...
- Author:Greenwald, GlennSummary:
Takes readers on a fascinating ride through Brazilian politics as the author, his husband, the left-wing Congressman David Miranda, and a powerful opposition movement courageously challenge political corruption, homophobia, and tyranny...
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Author:Savage, MichaelSummary:Michael Savage says that for the past eight years there has been a retrovirus in the White House, and that the last Presidential term has infected the body politic with hateful, anti-American views. Savage reveals what to do in order to...
- Author:Comey, JamesSummary:
James Comey, former FBI Director and New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Loyalty, uses his long career in federal law enforcement to explore issues of justice and fairness in the US justice system. James Comey might best be...
- Author:Rowe, TedSummary:
The foremost political figure from the years of responsible government in Newfoundland, Robert Bond led a spectacularly successful but often tortured life. Cultured and well-to-do, he tried to play the game of politics like a gentleman...
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Author:Bergman, RonenSummary:The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF's targeted killing programs, from the man hailed by David Remnick as "arguably [Israel's] best investigative reporter" The Talmud says: "If...
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Author:Kennedy, Robert F.Summary:In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Robert Francis Kennedy's death, an inspiring collection of his most famous speeches accompanied by commentary from notable historians and public figures. Twenty-five years after Bobby Kennedy was...
- Author:Dagenais, Maxime, Mauduit, JulienSummary:
Starting in 1837, rebels in Upper and Lower Canada revolted against British rule in an attempt to reform a colonial government that they believed was unjust. While this uprising is often perceived as a small-scale, localized event,...
- Author:Tunnicliffe, JenniferSummary:
From 1948 to 1966, the United Nations worked to create a common legal standard for human rights protection around the globe. Resisting Rights analyzes the Canadian government's changing policy toward this endeavour from the 1940s...
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Author:Coffman, MichaelSummary:There has been a deliberate effort over the past 100 years to change the worldview of Americans from a liberty and constitutionally focused world view, based on the writings of Englishman John Locke, to that of government control of the...
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